Improvement ii apparatus foe measuring fluids



, fr@ billige glatten gieten JACOB C. HORTON, NEW YRK, AND SAlS/EL l.HWKNS. F LANSNGBURG, NEW YORK. Leners Panni No. 63,388, dans Apre e,18er.

IMPROVEMENT lN AP'ARATUS'FOR MEASURING PLUDS,

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that We, JACOB C. HORTON, of the city, county, and State oi'New York, and SAMUEL K. HAWKINS, of Lansingburg, in the county ofRensselaer, in said State of New York,l1ave invented a new and usefulImprovement in Liquid and Fluid Meters, embracing also a new method oi'operating valves; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being-had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Our invention is designed, primarily, for measuring liquor at thedistillery, while in the state called beer, but is adapted to themeasuring oi' any kind of liquid or iluid under pressure, and to theworking of valves to regulate thclow or passage of either liquids oriluids. In the accompanying drawingsl Figure l is a verticallongitudinal. section of our machine.

Figure 2 is aplan view ofthe saine, in which the ledges and springs onthe under side of plate `C are shown by dotted and colored lines. i

Figure 3 is an end View of the measuring cylinder and of the mechanismfc'r operating the valves.

Figure 4 is a View of the under side of-plate C.

Lilie letters indicate the saine parts in all the tigures.

A is a measuring cylinder, is a piston sliding in the cylinder, and Ethe piston-rod sliding in stuiiing-z boxes in the cylinder heads. C is aplate mounted on the piston-rod hy arms c c', and carried to and fro bythe piston. e is the induction pipe,f thc eduetion pipe, and g acompressed-air vessel. c b e and d are valves which operate alternately,c and as induction, and c and ci as eduction valves; Y k is a cross-barat each end of the cylinder, turning on a central pivot and operatingthe valves by means of connecting-rods, ll, the said crossbars, c, beingoseiillnted by ineens of the arms c, and the ledges z' z" and j y" andsprings h it on the lower side of the plate C. i and a" are ledges onthe outer edges and under side ot` the plate C, jj central ledges on theunder side of the same plate, and Il 7i springs, also 'on the under sideot' said plate. Gf andG are guides between which plato C slides. Thismeter is intended to operate under a pressure et' about two pounds tothe square inch, more or less, 'which pressure may bc created by aForce-pump or head The operation is as follows:v It the piston be at theend X orn the cylinder, valves L and tl will be open, andi vulves I) andc closed. It' a current of liquid be now forecdin through induction pipec, it will enter the cylinder through valve a', forcing the piston to,the other end of the cylinder, and forcing out the liquid on theopposite side of the piston through valve d and eduction pipef. As plateC moves with the piston, arm 7c', on the end X oi' the cylinder, will bekept the same position by the 'groove which its upper end occupies,between ledges z' andvj on the under side oi'" plate C, while thecorrespondingarmut the end X will be kept in position by occupyingthegroove between ledges z". and j until the piston has reached the end Xof the cylinder, at which moment the arms 7c', having vuespe'ctirelypassed the ends oil ledges j and y", will each be thrown by springs 7iand L' to the opposite sides of' ledges y' and j', causing thecross-bars 7c at `each end of the cylinder to rock in oppositedirections, closing the valves a and fl and opening valves 5 and c "atthe same instant. The 'liquid will now flow into the end X of thecylinder through valve and be forced utof the opposite end throughvelvet'. andas plate C travels back the valves will be kept in thev samecondition by the 'ledges z" and jand tand jf' until the piston hascompleted its stroke, when the valves will be again reversed, as beforedescribed. Thus an autoinatic reciprocating inotion of the piston willbe kept up so long as suiiicient--pressurc is applied, and-nt eachmovement ot t-he piston the contents et' the cylinder will be dischargedin uniform quantities.v

An indicator, to bc operated by the reciprocating motion of the plate C,may be made t0 register the nurnber of Vdischarges ot' the cylinder withunerring certainty. Any mechanic of ordinary skill will be able toconstruct and apply such indicator and register by means of familiarmechanism, which it is deemed unnecessaryj to describe.

Instead of curved springs z z on the lower side of plate C, rigid hingedbars may be used in combination.

iwith spiral springs, to cause said bars to press against the arms Il"and throw them past thecnds of thc centre ledgesj andj, or springs ofother forms may be used.

casas 2 .It is manifest that said reciprocating plate C, with its ledgesand springs, as described, may be used to operate vvalves on pumps andsteam engines, and will be found useful in allcases where itis desiredto open and close valves instantaneously.

A Having thus fully described our invention, and its mode of operation,what we claim, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent, is-

Il. In combination -with thc measuring cylinder, reciprocating piston,the valves a, b c d, and oscillating cross-bars is, With arms 7c andconnecting-rods'l, We claim the reciprocating plate C, with ledges andsprings, as

described, to operate the valves, all being constructed and arrangedsubstantially in the manner set forth.

2. In combination with a measuring cylinder and reciprocating piston, asdescribed, we claim an induction and ednction valve at each end oi' thecylinder, so constructed and arranged that they will be automaticallyopened and closed by the movement of the piston in the order herein setforth, Whether 'by the precise mechanism herein described or by anyother equivalent mechanism.

3. In combination with a measuring cylinder, with induction and @ductionvalves, asdcscribed, and a recip rocating piston, We claim thereciprocating plate C, with ledges and springs, substantially asdescribed, to operate the valves by means of any suitable connectingmechanism between said plate and the valves.

fi. We claim the reciprocating plate C, with ledges rand springs,substantially as described, as a means of operating valves to regulatethe iiowor passage of any kind of liquids or iiuids. whether in a meter'or other machine to which the same may be applicable.

` JACOB C. HORTON,

SAMUEL lK. HAWKINS.

Witnesses:

S. S. Cox, CnzinLroN T. Lewis'.

